Dingo Creek Project - Manganese

Background and Geology

Shaw River has successfully applied for thee new Exploration Licenses (EL’s) covering 979km² which are considered prospective for Manganese mineralisation in the Bangemall Basin of WA. The new Dingo Creek Project is located 40kms north-west and along strike from Aurora Mineral’s Capricorn East manganese project.

The new “Dingo Creek Project”, consisting of two exploration license applications over 748 km², covers the western strike extensions of the Ullawarra Formation , which is known to host occurrences of surface manganese mineralisation up to 55.1% to the east of the project. Overall the Shaw River EL Applications cover approximately a 70km strike extent of the Ullawarra Formation. First pass exploration at Dingo Creek will commence on tenement granting in early 2010 with a view to identifying manganese drill targets for testing.